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Difference btw capacity and capability.

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Sidi

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

A simple and crystal clear way to distinguish: Capability determines WHETHER a person or organization can offer a certain product or service. Capacity determines HOW MUCH of this service or product can be offered ... (read entire answer)

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Case Type Variations

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Hi, In terms of valuation, it is similar to finance basics: Valuation of the company (Purchasing decision, exit decision, etc) Valuation of the project (Investment decision, comparing several growth options, etc ... (read entire answer)

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How to best structure capacity cases?

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Before capacity expansion I would consider comparing demand versus our bottleneck, whereby the focus would be to improve that slowest bottleneck (by e.g. installing a quality assurance control point before the bottlenec ... (read entire answer)

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